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some of Tilly21's African succulents...

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by Aaron D on February 19, 2006 12:02 PM
My most teasured... Euphorbia Ambovombensis it looks like a scary little palm tree.
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another view...
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my little clump of Fenestraria ssp. (baby toes)
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and my Aloe Haworthioides... blooming last summer.
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by jonni13 on February 19, 2006 12:07 PM
I like your euphorbia. That is so odd looking. How is it propagated?
The mice have been nibbling at my baby toes. I'll need to get some more after I deal with the pesty things.

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by Aaron D on February 19, 2006 12:17 PM
well its a plant that grows a large caudex (thick starch and water storing stem above ground) and braches alot from it... this is a branch cutting which will in time produce a caudex... it grows thick, succlent,and long lasting leaves unlike the other Euphorbia which fall off during drought... they are havily undulating and blush purplish red... the cyathia (specific flowers that the spurge family possess) are a pinkish tan color and always form two to a inforescence...
by jonni13 on February 19, 2006 12:20 PM
Thank-you. How tall does it get?

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by weezie13 on February 19, 2006 12:24 PM
Those are some very coooool looking plants you
have there Aaron!!! [thumb] [flower] [flower] [flower] [thumb]

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by Aaron D on February 19, 2006 12:25 PM
a mature plant maybe 8-10 inches tall (inc. caudex with branches) its rather small and very slow growing...
by jonni13 on February 19, 2006 12:26 PM
Thank you again. Now I'll be on the look-out for a new plant.

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by Aaron D on February 19, 2006 12:27 PM
thanks weezie13!! [Smile]
by Aaron D on February 19, 2006 12:28 PM
its awesome!!!
by Aaron D on February 20, 2006 11:41 AM
ok heres some more plants...
Scilla ssp.
debated to be a succulent plant although similar to other "bulb" plants (daffodils, hyacinths, tulips etc...) Scilla bulbs are green and succulent-like and survive drought by thick wiry roots that do not die and succulent leaf sheaths (that make the bulb) that store water. Bulbs are sometimes protected by thin semitranslucent dead leaf sheath(s) that readily dissinagrate. plants have very thick leaves that are waxy and spotted with sun deflecting patches
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by Aaron D on February 20, 2006 11:45 AM
And here are some succulent Bromeliads...
Dyckia "cherry coke" very good plant... but painful [Frown] i grow just like a cactus in full sun and careful watering...
blushes a wonderful redish brown in full sun...
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and an Orthophytum "Warren Lossa" during the summer this plant blushes brillant red when wet and scales lay flat... this is currently surviving the freeze indoors... very hardy plant that loves direct sun and heat...
by Aaron D on February 20, 2006 11:47 AM
whoops heres the picture to Orthophytum...
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these two bromeliads are not from Africa...
by jonni13 on February 20, 2006 12:03 PM
Those are really nice to look at. Not sure I would care to handle them. If not from Africa....?

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by Aaron D on February 21, 2006 10:28 AM
what?
by jonni13 on February 21, 2006 10:50 AM
You said the broms were not from Africa. I was wondering where they were from?

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by Aaron D on February 21, 2006 11:09 AM
oh... all Bromeliads are from South America, Central America, and far souther U.S. along the Gulf of Mexico into Virginia... these plants come from near Peru...

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